gargouiller

French

Etymology

From Old French gargoule (“throat”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡu.je/

Verb

gargouiller

1. to gargle
2. to rumble

Conjugation

Conjugation of gargouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gargouiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gargouillant /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gargouillé /ɡaʁ.ɡu.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gargouille /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	gargouilles /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	gargouille /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	gargouillons /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɔ̃/	gargouillez /ɡaʁ.ɡu.je/	gargouillent /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/
	imperfect	gargouillais /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɛ/	gargouillais /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɛ/	gargouillait /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɛ/	gargouillions /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.jɔ̃/	gargouilliez /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.je/	gargouillaient /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɛ/
	past historic2	gargouillai /ɡaʁ.ɡu.je/	gargouillas /ɡaʁ.ɡu.ja/	gargouilla /ɡaʁ.ɡu.ja/	gargouillâmes /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jam/	gargouillâtes /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jat/	gargouillèrent /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɛʁ/
	future	gargouillerai /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁe/	gargouilleras /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁa/	gargouillera /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁa/	gargouillerons /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁɔ̃/	gargouillerez /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁe/	gargouilleront /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gargouillerais /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁɛ/	gargouillerais /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁɛ/	gargouillerait /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁɛ/	gargouillerions /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	gargouilleriez /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jə.ʁje/	gargouilleraient /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gargouille /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	gargouilles /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	gargouille /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	gargouillions /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.jɔ̃/	gargouilliez /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.je/	gargouillent /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/
	imperfect2	gargouillasse /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jas/	gargouillasses /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jas/	gargouillât /ɡaʁ.ɡu.ja/	gargouillassions /ɡaʁ.ɡu.ja.sjɔ̃/	gargouillassiez /ɡaʁ.ɡu.ja.sje/	gargouillassent /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gargouille /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/	—	gargouillons /ɡaʁ.ɡu.jɔ̃/	gargouillez /ɡaʁ.ɡu.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• gargouille
• gargouillement
• gargouillis

Further reading

• “gargouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.